Neighborhood preferences of house buyers: The case of Klang Valley, Malaysia

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-69

  Teck Hong, Tan ^a  

^a SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Prices; Property

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053455304     PISSN: 17538270     EISSN: 17538289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538271111111839     Document Type: Article

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